What to do if you have high levels of radon in your home

January 7, 2025
Greg Baytalan, a specialist environmental health officer and radon expert with IH, with his do-it-yourself radon mitigation system.

You’ve tested your home for radon or are thinking of testing. Perhaps you purchased or borrowed a continuous radon monitor to short-term test or watch levels daily. Or, maybe you bought your kit online and performed a long-term test for a minimum of 91 days during the winter months, the ideal method of radon testing.

Your results are showing your radon levels are over the Canadian Guideline of 200 Bq/m³ (Becquerels is a unit of radioactivity named after Henry Becquerel).

Now what?

In this story, we share why your results might be high and what you can do about it. We also cover special situations like new home builds and information for renters.

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